Roy Harper entered his dilapidated apartment, frustrated. Damn that Oliver Queen, continuing to treat him like a child, when the billionaire himself rarely behaved like an adult. Roy wasn't Speedy, Green Arrow's sidekick anymore. He was Arsenal, his own man. He had proved his worth time and time again, with the Titans, the Outsiders, and the Justice League! He didn't need addle-brained Green Arrow smothering him. And the nerve of Oliver to accuse him of using again!
Roy angrily punched the side of his damaged drywall as he made his way into his bedroom, which drew a started gasp from the lump of sheets on his bed.
"Easy there, you hunk," a feminine voice giggled. "Don't hurt yourself."
Roy looked up at his bed, where the moonlight revealed something unexpected: the obscured figure of Thea Queen, Oliver's teenaged sister. Roy remembered her fondly from his training sessions at Oliver's mansion. Her cute freckled face always looked in awe as she shouted words of encouragement at him. Oliver was rather protective of her, as he forbade Roy from ever talking to her, even though she was only a couple of years younger than rugged sidekick. But she had grown up into quite the lady, from what Roy could see of the slight slivers of bare skin that weren't covered by the bedsheets.
"Thea? What are you doing here?" he asked.
"Wow Roy, is this the best way to greet your new roommate?" the cute brunette asked, playfully.
"New roommate?"
"Ollie and I had an argument. He was being too controlling, so I thought it was time I took off on my own," she explained. "I'm eighteen now..." she teased, as she sat up, keeping her sheets on her body. "I thought I could stay with you... be your new partner. Looks to me you've been working solo the last few months... in the streets and in the sheets."
"Thea, you can't stay here," Roy protested. "If Ollie finds out..." he paused at the thought.
"Ollie would be so mad if he found out, wouldn't he?" Thea persisted. "How does that make you feel?" (Damn that girl, she really knows how to push your buttons, doesn't she?) Roy thought. And yet... what was the downside? She's only a few years younger, and she's an adult. (Why not?)